and survived him by 26 years. On retirement, Mahbub took interest in social welfare and published a weekly newspaper, titled Zamana (meaning the current days), which he later on converted into a daily. Mahbub died in his own house at Kazir Dewry, Chittagong on 7 August 1981. His American writer-friend Robert C. Hammock wrote a chapter on Mahbub in his book Below the Llano Estakado. Award Adamjee Literary Award (1963) Bangla Academy Literary Award (1964) President's Pride of Performance (1965) Ekushey Padak (1978) References External links Golpo Songroho (Collected Stories), the national textbook of B.A. (pass and subsidiary) course of Bangladesh, published by University of Dhaka in 1979 (reprint in 1986). Bangla Sahitya (Bengali Literature), the national textbook of intermediate (college) level of Bangladesh published in 1996 by all educational boards. 1898 births 1981 deaths People from Hathazari Upazila Bangladeshi male writers Bengali writers Bengali-language writers Recipients of the Ekushey Padak Recipients of the Adamjee Literary Award Writers from Chittagong People from Chittagong